Improvement in machines for jointing stair-rails



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JOHN B. MARGESON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS. e

Letters Patent No. 108,803, dated November 1, 1870 antedated October 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR JQINTING STAIR-RAILS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.-

I, JOHN B. MARGEsoN, of Lynn, in the county of K is a shaft connect-ing the wheel H with the face Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented cerplate. tain Improvements in a Stair-rail-jointing Machine, of L and O are knives 0r cutters attached to the facewhich the following is a specification. plate, somewhat like the cutter in a common plane, The object of my invention is tcicut square and true and placed one near the center and one near the outer the ends of the several pieces of stair-rails,l whether edge of the face-plate, so that the whole end of the straight or curved, so that a perfect joint may be ob stock Vmay be cut or shaved at each revolution of the tained. face-plate. v

My invention relates- P l are two projections or points, for the purpose First, to a pecnliarly-constrncted face-plate, with of holding the stock in place while being shaved. The knives, &c., attached, for the purpose of cutting or stock'is placed against them until they enter it andshaving the end of apiece of stair-rail, and of assisting hold itin place.

to hold the piece in proper position, said face-plate be- R shows the back of the knife O. ing used in connection with a stair-mil-jointing ma- S S S represent a"rabbet, or a place extending chine. around the outer edge ofthe face-plate, cut 1n slightly Second, to a little device, running on a track, for from the plate.- The object is to allow the uncutwood the purpose of holding the piece of vstair-rail firmly in to enter that portion ofthe stock which may extend place, and at a proper angle,while being cnt. beyond the reach of the knives. If' it were not for In the accompanying drawingy this rabbet, as soon as the knives commenced tocut Figuret l is a side elevation of a machine embodying a little that part of the stock unreached by thekuives my invention. would prevent the knives fromfe'aching the stock.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view ofthe face-plate, with T T T represent a hole in the center of the plate the knives, &c., attached. for the same purpose, exactly, as the rabbet S S S.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of my face-plate, show- About one-third of the distance from the circumfering the position and construction of the knives', Cto. ence of this hole T to its center appear the projections Figure 4 shows the device which, being driven into 1 P, spoken ofabove. the piece of stair-rail, runs up against the face-plate, My device E is usually about three-eighths of an and causes the end ofthe rail to be evenly cnt. inch thick, five-eighths wide, and about eight inches A is the Hat board resting upon the top of the malong. chine M, with the groove Din it, upon which the stock My machine can be used by foot, hand,or steanv is laid andthe work performed. power, as desired.

B is the face-plate, with two cutters or kuives,'L and My machine is especially adapted for nice work, O, attached, revolving by means ofthe shaft K. and, I think, surpasses anything ever got up for the C is the stock or piece of stair-rail which is to be purpose. cnt. v I claim as my invention- D is the groove or track into which 'the device E I. The. face-platevB, having knives Oand L, profits and runs. jections P l), and recesses S T, the whole being con- E is the device which is driven onto the 'piece of strnoted as shown and' described, and for the purpose rail by means of three points or projections, and, when specied. securely fastened to the piece of rail, serves to guide 2. The face-plate B, constructed as described, in it upto the face-plate, and to hold it firmly while becombinatipn with the sliding dog E and table A, subing cut. stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

F isa common device, which serves to heighten the JOHN B. MARGESON. fiat board A, when desired. v v

H is the small wheel, which, by means of the shaft Witnesses: K, turns the face-plate. v H. W., WLLLIAMs,

I is the driving wheel, which turns the small N. l); KEMP. wheel H. 

